david brooks from the "new york times," e.j. dionne, as well, andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondence and this week, mike needham, ceo of the conservative lobbying group heritage action group for america and mona sutphen. andrea, get us started. still a lot of concerning about security as great as the games have been so far. >> a lot of concern about security, not just sochi. primarily not sochi but mostly the area, russia. the fact is that officials here in washington are very concerned. they're on pins and needles. when you talk to them, they are sort of crossing their fingersing that russia has this is under control. this is a very tense situation. it's very close to the terror bases in the caucasus. and they know it's vulnerable and there are a lot of people out there who would like to punish putin who has put so much of his personal stock in these olympics. >> e.j., on the world stage, putin focuses our attention on russia, about his leadership and the poor relationship between the united states and russia. wh